Update: Suspected swine flu victim works in Madison County

The Associated PressA worker at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention sits at a station in the emergency operations center as the CDC monitors swine flu development Monday in Atlanta.

The Cortland County man suspected of contracting the swine flu in Mexico works in Madison County, and his fellow employees are being watched closely by the Madison County Health Department.

Eric Faisst, Madison County public health director, would say only that the man worked in the southern part of Madison County. Faisst said the man's co-workers are being asked to take their temperatures twice a day and to immediately see their doctors if any flu-like symptoms develop.

County health officials are also checking in with schools daily to see if they have any cases, Faisst said.

Faisst said he is waiting test results to see if the swine flu is confirmed. He said the man did have flu-like symptoms and had recently traveled to Mexico, which has had an outbreak of the flu.

About 40 cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in the United States, mostly in New York City. The Cortland County case, if confirmed, would be the first in Upstate New York.